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Lovely Frannie Fernley, with her mother and five-year old sister Bonnie, had just moved into a little brick cottage down by the river. Across the river, which was frozen by the winter cold, stood the fine mansion belonging to Lady Winthrop, a gracious old woman who took an immediate interest in the young girl. One morning, after Frannie had skat... more »ed to work, Lady Winthrop was startled to see Bonnie come running frantically up to the mansion. Her mother had collapsed. Unable to go to Mrs Fernley herself, the old woman called to young Valiant Willoughby, a worker in the munitions plant, whom she saw passing by. But the two had to cope with the rich and sophisticated Marietta Hollister who considered Val her own special property, and with a group of fifth-columnists, before they could find happiness together.« less